Unless second republican President, Frederick Titus Chiluba
repents for stealing money from this country, God will never forgive him
of the sin, a Catholic Priest has prophesied.

Father Joseph Besa of Mpika
urged Christians to love one another and work collectively in bringing people to
salvation.

Father Besa observed that although President Chiluba was acquitted of
having stolen US $500,000 by Magistrate Jones Chinyama, he needed to repent if
he was to enter the Kingdom of God .

"Even if President Frederick Chiluba
was last week acquitted of stealing money, he needs to be penitent because God
will never forgive him," said the Priest.

He argued that being acquitted
from Courts of law was not a guarantee that a person was perfect and had not
stolen anything because wrong doers could go scot-free on
technicalities.

He said Courts of law were not guided spiritually because
any person could influence them.

He added that only God had the
power to forgive and as such, the second republican President should look up
to Him for all the wrongs that he had committed when he was ruling the
nation.

Father Besa said as a Priest, his plea to former President
Chiluba was that he should ask for God's forgiveness because he had sinned,
regardless the court's ruling.

"As a Priest, my plea to our former
President Frederick Chiluba is that he should ask for God's forgiveness because
he had committed a sin, regardless the Magistrate's ruling," father Besa
said.

The Priest who expressed shock at the outcome of the verdict said
it was unfortunate that the Court had to acquit the former President in a case
which ran for eight years after the government spent colossal sums of money to
prosecute him.

"It is mind-boggling to hear that an accused person is
acquitted in a case that ran for eight years and government spent huge sums of
money to prosecute the President Chiluba," he lamented.

He called upon
all God fearing in the country to pray for President Chiluba so that he could
feel sorrow for the wrongs he had committed during his reign.